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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 8 March 1994 at 19:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 19:20 on Tuesday 8 March 1994. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 1994
Tuesday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69655, longitude -3.34352, in the CF48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199462A008094
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199462A008094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 1994.